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This week we're playing Nerdy Would You Rather. Many of the questions we answered this week were found at https://www.buzzfeed.com/jarrylee/hardest-game-of-would-you-rather-for-bookworms. Go check out the full article for more painful decisions.

Mentioned in this episode:

Rick Riordan

Cyrano de Bergerac (Play) by Edmond Rostand

BEAUTY by Robin McKinley

Jasper Fforde

Tamora Pierce

Gail Carson Levine

Neil Gaiman

Hufflepuff

Pixar

Disney

Dreamworks

How to Train Your Dragon (Movie)

The Incredibles (Movie)

Winnie the Pooh (Movie)

Mary Poppins (Movie)

Belle (from Beauty and the Beast)

Ariel (from The Little Mermaid)

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Movies)

The Hobbit Movies

Harry Potter (Movies)

Benedict Cumberbatch

Gogglebox (TV Show)

The Circle of Magic (Book Series) by Tamora Pierce

Terry Pratchett

The Bloody Jack Book Series by L.A. Meyer

Jane Austen

William Shakespeare

C.S. Lewis

J.R.R. Tolkien

G.K. Chesterton

Jo March

LITTLE WOMEN by Louisa May Alcott

Thank you to all of our wonderful supporters over at http://Patreon.com/BeyondTheTrope

This week we're talking about Thanksgiving and Christmas traditions. We're excited because both holidays are approaching fast!

Mentioned in this episode:

JC Penny

New York and Company

Disney

White Christmas (Play)

Trans Siberian Orchestra

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This week author Matt Maxwell joins us to talk about his his book QUEEN OF NO TOMORROWS.

Mentioned in this episode:

Broken Eye Books

QUEEN OF NO TOMORROWS by Matt Maxwell

Stranger Things (TV Show)

UC Irvine

LA Times

Max Steel (TV Show)

Dan Dare

Planet of the Apes (TV Show)

UCLA

Amazon

STRANGEWAYS by Luis Guaragña and Matt Maxwell

MURDER MOON by Matt Maxwell

THE THIRSTY by Matt Maxwell

RAGNAROK SUMMER by Matt Maxwell

The Twilight Zone (TV Show)

Starcraft (Video Game)

Blizzard Entertainment

Disneyland

https://www.highway62press.com

https://twitter.com/highway_62

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This week we're talking about musicals, one of our favorite forms of entertainment.

Mentioned in this episode:

You're a Good Man Charlie Brown

Happy Birthday (Song)

Rent

Les Misérables (Movie and Play)

White Christmas

Wicked

Stephen Schwartz

Pippen

Godspell

Crazy for You (Musical)

The Music Man

Cannibal The Musical

South Park

Trey Parker

Matt Stone

Sweeney Todd

The Producers

Into the Woods

Russel Crowe

Beauty and The Beast

Emma Watson

Josh Groban

Idina Menzel

The Sound of Music

Mary Poppins

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Mary Poppins Returns (Movie)

Peter Pan

Royal Wedding (Movie)

The Easter Parade

Fred Astaire

Judy Garland

Ginger Rogers

Gene Kelly

Singin' In The Rain

Chicago (Movie)

West Side Story

Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare

Steven Spielberg

Repo! The Genetic Opera

Anthony Stewart Head

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Show)

Spy Kids (Movie)

Alexa Vega

Paris Hilton

Sarah Brightman

Mama Mia

Abba

Waitress

Sara Bareilles

The Go-Go's

Pitch Perfect

Glee

Oklahoma

Annie Get Your Gun

Rodgers and Hammerstein

Phantom of the Opera

Denver Comic Con

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Since it's the final Tuesday of October, we're going to talk about things we love about Halloween.

Mentioned in this episode:

The Game (Movie)

University of Northern Colorado (UNC)

Boondocks Food and Fun

Disney's Haunted Mansion Ride

Pikachu

Thank you to all of our amazing supporters over at http://Patreon.com/BeyondTheTrope

This week we're talking about media we consume when we're not feeling well, either emotionally or physically. Or both. Basically, comfort brain-food.

Mentioned in this episode:

New Girl (TV Show)

How I Met Your Mother (TV Show)

Parks and Recreation (TV Show)

The Great British Baking Show (TV Show)

Making It (TV Show)

Amy Poehler

Nick Offerman

Master Chef Junior (TV Show)

Master Chef (TV Show)

Mirrormask (Movie)

High Fidelity (Movie)

Pride and Prejudice (BBC Mini Series and 2005 Theatrical Release)

The Holiday (Movie)

French Kiss (Movie)

How to Train Your Dragon (Movie)

Quest for Camelot (Movie)

Cats Don't Dance (Movie)

Ocean's Eleven (Movie)

Ocean's Twelve (Movie)

Ocean's Thirteen (Movie)

How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days (Movie)

HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE by J. K. Rowling

THE TWO PRINCESSES OF BAMARRE by Gail Carson Levine

ODD AND THE FROST GIANTS by Neil Gaiman

CYRANO DE BERGERAC (play) by Edmond Rostand

BEAUTY: A RETELLING OF THE STORY OF BEAUTY AND THE BEAST by Robin McKinley

Netflix

The Decemberists (Band)

Reel Big Fish (Band)

Apple Music

S. J. Tucker (Music Artist)

Steven Universe (TV Show)

Yuri on Ice (Anime)

Final Fantasy (Game Series)

The Green Album (Muppets Cover Album)

Anesthesia (Band)

JL8 (Web Comic) by Yale Stewart

Wonder Woman

Thank you to all of our amazing supporters over at http://Patreon.com/BeyondTheTrope

This week, because we're excitable nerds, we're talking about Pokemon.

Mentioned in this episode:

Nintendo Switch

Pokemon Red

Pokemon Blue

Nintendo Gameboy/Nintendo Gameboy Color

Nintendo Pokemon Player's Guide

Pokemon Go

Pokemon Snap

Nintendo 64

Pokemon Colosseum

Pokemon Gold

Pokemon Silver

Pokemon Yellow

Pokemon Crystal

Pokemon Ruby

Pokemon Saphire

Pokemon Sun

Pokemon Moon

The Legend of Zelda

Sailor Moon (Anime)

Dragonball Z (Anime)

Sims (Video Game)

Thank you to all of our amazing supporters over at http://Patreon.com/BeyondTheTrope

This week Laurence MacNaughton is back for a roundtable discussion on what it takes to make a good monster.

Mentioned in this episode:

A Monster in Paris (Movie)

Netflix

Stephen King

CHRISTINE by Stephen King

FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley

Dexter Morgan thrillers (Book Series) by Jeff Lindsay

Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers

Denver Comic Con (now Denver Pop Culture Con)

Alien (Movie)

Aliens (Movie)

Crowley from Supernatural (TV Show)

Sulley from Monsters Inc (Movie)

Shrek (Movie)

Stranger Things (TV Show)

H. P. Lovecraft

CALL OF CTHULHU by H. P. Lovecraft

Pandemic: Reign of Cthulhu (Board Game)

Arkham Horror (Board Game)

Jim Butcher

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Show)

Terry Pratchett

Hagrid from the Harry Potter book series by J. K. Rowling

Dodge Demon

NO SLEEP TILL DOOMSDAY by Laurence MacNaughton

https://laurencemacnaughton.com

To get a free copy of Laurence MacNaughton's new book, NO SLEEP TILL DOOMSDAY, send him an email from his Contact form at https://laurencemacnaughton.com/contact/ and let him know you listened to this episode. The winner will be chosen in the beginning of November.

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This week we're speaking with Jeremy Whitley, writer of Princeless and Raven the Pirate Princess.

Mentioned in this episode:

PRINCELESS by Jeremy Whitley

SAGA by Brian K. Vaughan

Emily Martin (Comic Artist)

RAVEN THE PIRATE PRINCESS by Jeremy Whitley

Sea of Thieves (Video Game and Comic)

X-Box

Titan Comics

Chris Sims

THE UNSTOPPABLE WASP (Comic Series)

Daredevil (Comic Book Character)

Gwenpool (Comic Series)

Mark Waid

Avatar: The Last Airbender (Comic)

Avengers (Comic Series)

New Avengers (Comic Series)

Adam Kubert

Elsa Charretier

My Little Pony: Nightmare Knights (Comic Series)

Rainbow Bright

New York Comic Con

Hallmark

Dynamite Comics

American Dreams Greating Cards

Strawberry Shortcake

Hasbro

Netflix

The Toys That Made Us (TV Show)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird

Animaniacs (TV Show)

Freakazoid

X-Men ('90s TV Show)

The Tick ('90s TV Show)

Fox

Power Rangers (TV Show)

Eek The Cat (TV Show)

Spider Man ('90s TV Show)

Disney

http://twitter.com/jrome58

http://jeremywhitley.com

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This week, longsword instructor Ben Floyd joins us to talk about Historic European Martial Arts.

Mentioned in this episode:

Krieg School of Historical Fencing

HEMA

Renaissance

The Holy Roman Empire

The Wooden Waster (Longsword)

Dark Souls (Video Games)

https://kriegschool.com

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